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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Not only do the great majority of immigrants move to a handful of major cities, native-born Canadians themselves are vacating the rural hinterlands. Canada is becoming more, not less, urbanized. The plan seems to be for Canadians to cluster in 5 or 6 major cities of 5-15 million people each, while Northern Ontario, the prairies, rural Quebec, etc. are depopulated resource farms.
The problem is especially acute in Toronto and Vancouver, neither of which has much room to grow. Southern Ontario is a narrow peninsula, already as densely populated as much of Europe. I can’t see housing prices coming down substantially with that kind of population pressure.
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Are there statistics on this? From what I've seen in the home building sector, many 2nd generation Canadians are moving to rural or small town locations if their work allows for it.